Arch. Also in It. form listello, listella. [a. F. listel, ad. It. listello, dim. of lista = LIST sb.3] A small list or fillet.
1598. R. Haydocke, trans. Lomazzo, I. xxv. 89. The vpper rule, called listello.
1664. Evelyn, trans. Freart’s Archit., etc. 127. Those very small Listellos or Annulets under the Echinus of the Doric Capitel, by the Italians call’d Gradetti, Degrees.
1715. Leoni, Palladio’s Archit. (1742), I. 16. Annulets, or Listellas.
1812–6. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, I. 172. A small flat face is called a fillet, or listel.
1848. trans. Hoffmeister’s Trav. Ceylon & Ind., 339. The roof … is formed of smooth planks, over the seams of which are laid triangular listels, to prevent the rain from penetrating.
